The Academy will offer workshops, coaching, mentoring, and practical learning projects, while supporting the hospital’s goal of improving patient care, advancing medical breakthroughs, and raising leadership standards across the health system.

RETCAMs are specialised cameras that take detailed pictures of the eyes. Doctors use them to check for eye disease in newborns, infants, and children, including Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP).

Over the past several years, Victorian health services have transformed the way care is delivered by expanding virtual care.

This initiative will reduce stress for families by offering smoother and more family-focused cancer care, making it easier it easier to focus on treatment and recovery, rather than the logistics of managing care.

At The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH), sick children and young people use art therapy to express their feelings, reduce anxiety, and cope with the challenges of illness through creative activities and artmaking.

By supporting many types of clinical trials, this funding will help turn research discoveries into real medical care faster – so children can benefit from new and innovative treatments sooner.

Through encouraging safe and accessible play in a trusted environment, this play space will ensure that children and their families will be able to incorporate play into their journey with the RCH.

These brand-new, modern devices will make it possible to safely transport intubated babies across the hospital, including to the MRI suite where this specialised equipment is required.

This study aims to improve rapid genomic testing for infants with low muscle tone. Currently, only about half of affected babies receive a diagnosis, meaning many miss out on targeted care.

$3m funds access to world-class medicine.